Another vote for Tru Calling, Eerie Indiana and Arrested Development. Tru Calling was a OK show i saw a few episodes on ITV2 or 3 and i liked it Dushku was mmmmmmmmm in it. Eerie Indiana is the Twighlight Zone for 20 somethings all over the UK. And don't get me started on Arrested Development, I hate what they did to that show. DAMN THEM ALL TO HELL.

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"The Irish have always been victims of negative stereotyping. I mean people think we're all drunks and brawlers. And sometimes that gets you so mad all you wanna do is get drunk and punch somebody"

Another vote for Tru Calling, Eerie Indiana and Arrested Development. Tru Calling was a OK show i saw a few episodes on ITV2 or 3 and i liked it Dushku was mmmmmmmmm in it. Eerie Indiana is the Twighlight Zone for 20 somethings all over the UK. And don't get me started on Arrested Development, I hate what they did to that show. DAMN THEM ALL TO HELL.

I'm actually surprised at how long Fox kept Arrested Devlopment on the air, seeing as the ratings got from bad to worse during its three season run. And Showtime actually offered the makers a chance to continue the show, which was turned down because there were worried that they wouldn't be able to keep he quality as high. But damn them all to hell. I loved that show.

Zig and Zag getting down and dirty, I loved it. They're now doing a talk show in Ireland called Podge and Rodge, irreverant as ever and great watching.

I gotta give a shoult out to Brimstone, fuck that show was quality, and one season was all it got?! I'd actually like to see that again, wonder is there a dvd out there somewhere? The great ones never last, it sucks.

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What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach, so you get what we had here last week which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it. And I don't like it any more than you men.

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Too young to die.

1. Freaks & Geeks

2. Arrested Development

3. Sons & Daughters

4. Get a Life

5. Oliver Beene

6. Police Squad

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The Wire is surely the best TV show ever broadcast in America. This claim isn't based on my having seen all the possible rivals for the title, but on the premise that no other program has ever done anything remotely like what this one does, namely to portray the social, political, and economic life of an American city with the scope, observational precision, and moral vision of great literature.

The Wire has never won an emmy? [It] deserves the Nobel Prize for Literature!

Ain't logical. Cuttin' on his own face, rapin' and murdering - Hell, I'll kill a man in a fair fight... or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight, or if he bothers me, or if there's a woman, or if I'm gettin' paid - mostly only when I'm gettin' paid.

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ORIGINAL: Barefoot Doctor

As for Arrested Development, Fox stuck with it for as long as possible. I think they did well by it. Any other network would have cancelled it within episodes.

The whole Arrested Development situation is tricky. Normally, I would be pleased with three seasons of a hit show, but Fox's mishandling of its promotion is absolutely galling. Granted, it wasn't going to be a huge ratings-grabber, like the other programs in their primetime lineup, but they could have treated a little better. I recall seeing promos (adnauseum) for any one of its many animated hits or reality-based drivel. I think I saw a total of two commercials for AD in its entire three year run.

Not only does this promotional neglect irritate me, but Fox's overall attitude toward the show is also upsetting. I mean, here they had a quality, critically-beloved, non-animated sitcom - which is rare for the past 7 years, (i.e. Malcolm in the Middle) and they continued to treat it with an air of haughty indifference. (Season 1 - 22 eps., Season 2 - 18 eps., Season 3 - 13 eps.)

I do acknowledge their perserverance in prolonging the life of AD, but they should have done more, so much more.

Fox isn't as compassionate with sitcoms as NBC is though. Look at what they are doing for The Office (similar circumstances); into its fourth season with an episode-order of at least 20. NBC seems to be the most benevolent network channel. Not always the case though, (Andy Barker, RIP)

I honestly believe AD could have easily gone on at least two more seasons without becoming banal, turgid, or too arcane for viewers.

And for those who denounce the quality of Season Three, take heed to these immortal words of Larry Mittleman:

I ought to pull down your pants and spank your ass raw.

So maybe, Barefoot Doctor, you are correct. AD doesn't technically belong in an 'unfairly cancelled shows' thread, but in a 'subtly mistreated thread', perhaps.

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The Wire is surely the best TV show ever broadcast in America. This claim isn't based on my having seen all the possible rivals for the title, but on the premise that no other program has ever done anything remotely like what this one does, namely to portray the social, political, and economic life of an American city with the scope, observational precision, and moral vision of great literature.

The Wire has never won an emmy? [It] deserves the Nobel Prize for Literature!